Carl Erfurdt
Carl Gottlob August Erfurdt , also Karl Gottlob August Erfurdt (born December 11, 1780 in Zörbig , † February 5, 1813 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German classical philologist .
Life
Erfurdt attended the Latin school of the Francke Foundations in Halle (Saale) . He began studying at the University of Wittenberg in 1796 and moved to the University of Leipzig in 1798 . In Leipzig he was one of the first members of the Greek Society initiated by Gottfried Hermann .
In 1801 he went to the grammar school in Merseburg as the third teacher and became vice rector there in 1807 . The Prussian Ministry of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs appointed him on January 6, 1810 to the chair of ancient literature at the Albertus University in Königsberg . There he established the Philological Seminary in the same year. After three years in office, he succumbed to pleurisy .
Works
- Sophoclis tragoediae septem ac deperditarum fragmenta emendavit . Leipzig 1802.
- Sophoclis Tragoediae / ad optimorum librorum fidem recensuit et brevibus notis instruxit Car. Gottlob Aug. Erfurdt, Leipzig 1809.
- Antigone and Oedipus Rex . Leipzig 1808.
literature
- Conrad Bursian: Erfurdt, Karl Gottlob August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 195 f.
Web links
- Nomenclator Philologorum PDF (2.70 MB)
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SURNAME | Erfurdt, Carl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erfurdt, Carl Gottlob August (full name); Erfurdt, Karl Gottlob August |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1780 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zörbig |
DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1813 |
Place of death | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |